Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Louisiana
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Louisiana Project


Assessing living shoreline development in an estuarine lake

May 2022 - May 2024


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • The Nature COnservancy

As living shoreline technologies continue to grow in popularity, there is continued need to evaluate existing projects to determine their long-term sustainability, and understand conditions conducive to their resilience. This project follows on previous work in an estuarine lake in Louisiana to evaluate the development of the reef community, and the impacts on the adjacent shoreline.

Presentations Presentation Date
Kassuba ZJ, Plumlee MA, Dance MA, La Peyre MK. 2024. Assessing oyster density on submerged structures using high-resolution acoustic imagery. Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Dec 1-5. December 2024
Henderson O, Robicheaux E, Kassuba Z, Plumlee JF, La Peyre MK. 2024. Tracking the co-benefits of oyster restoration and fisheries support at the largest estuarine living shoreline in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Dec 1-5, 2024. December 2024